Thorndike NewsLocal news for Thorndike, MA continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Library awash in laundry- April 25, 2008 "All of the pieces are real life stories. Some are my own. Some are from other women, told to me through time, or interviews, but mostly through time." A small green sweater, the color of peas, is mounted on the wall. It shrunk in the wash and now a 4-year-old wears it. via MassLive.comhttp://www.topix.net/city/thorndike-ma/2008/04/library-awash-in-laundry?fromrss=1 Local participants are elated, humbled by Pope Benedict's Mass at Yankee Stadium- April 22, 2008 "I'll never forget the moment, but for me Holy Mass is very special and the Eucharist is the highlight and the summit of our Catholic life, I believe." Cynthia Banas, a 10th-grader at Palmer High School, woke up at 4:30 a.m. on April 20 to go see Pope Benedict XVI, who celebrated Mass at Yankee Stadium, here, for a crowd of 57,000. "I thought it would be a ... via Iobservehttp://www.topix.net/city/thorndike-ma/2008/04/local-participants-are-elated-humbled-by-po... Lands eyed for protection- April 14, 2008 "It's a nice piece of property" As a result of contamination at a former Water Street oil refinery along the Quaboag River here in the 1970s, the U.S. Department Fish and Wildlife Service is considering protecting 117 acres in town and ... via MassLive.comhttp://www.topix.net/city/thorndike-ma/2008/04/lands-eyed-for-protection?fromrss=1 Board signs off on state DEP order to fix sewage overflows- April 3, 2008 "As settlement for past violations, the town agrees to pay $17,422" By Bill Fortier TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF wfortiertelegram.com AUBURN- The Sewer Department has to pay penalties totaling $7,500 as a result of two sewage overflows in the past 2-12 years. via Worcester Telegram & Gazettehttp://www.topix.net/city/thorndike-ma/2008/04/board-signs-off-on-state-dep-order-to-fix-s... |